Susie and I met last week to hatch a plan for our summer Sunday suppers. We scratched our heads trying to come up with a simple way to keep sharing our weekly meals with you during the crazy, but lazy days of summer. When we cross checked our calendars, we realized we are only in town a few overlapping days… Read More

Summer is finally here! We are a week into our summer vacay and enjoying the slower pace. For the Littles summer means no school, sleeping in, late night movies, camp, and loads of chillaxin. My daily routine relaxes, too, and I love how our suppers shift to lighter fare enjoyed al fresco. We eat most of our evening meals by… Read More

Three things are certain for us on Memorial Day: Rain War movie marathons The annual neighborhood Party in the Cove I’m not quitting my day job to pose as a meteorologist, but I can say for sure that if it’s Memorial Day weekend in Austin, Texas there will be rain. It’s just so. The showers; however, always give way to… Read More

Each week in our CSA basket a funky looking veggie appears. The first year of our farm deliveries, I marveled at the mystery vegetable, scratched my head quizzically, and banished the purple—or sometimes green—bulb to the crisper in the dreaded ‘other fridge’. The fridge intended for well-planned overflow, but in reality a landing spot where unused condiments like the pickles… Read More

Y’all my blog is on the fritz. For the last month all kinds of wonky, weirdness has been going on. Like when the site actually crashed & disappeared for a while today. That was special. So. . . not a lot of words today. Thank you for understanding as I make some host/server/deep-in-the-hinterlands-of-the-worldly-widely-web changes. I do hope you’ll love, love,… Read More

It’s a big week y’all. Full of tradition and reasons to gather at the table. Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, Valentine’s Day At our house, we’ll serve up piles of pancakes for Shrove Tuesday, begin our 40-day Lenten journey on Wednesday, and celebrate a 10th birthday on Valentine’s Day. I have to admit, I’m a little overwhelmed thinking about the week, but… Read More

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I'm on a mission to love my neighbors. I put an ordinary picnic table in my front yard, painted it turquoise and invited neighbors, friends, and even strangers to hang out and do life together at the Turquoise Table.